R v Foster [2022] NSWDC 467

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: R v Foster [2022] NSWDC 467 Hearing dates: 12 April 2022; 28 April 2022; 6 May 2022 Date of orders: 6 May 2022 Decision date: 06 May 2022 Jurisdiction: Criminal Before: M L Williams SC DCJ Decision: An aggregate term of imprisonment of three years, seven months, with a non-parole period of two years, two months: at [93]. Catchwords: CRIME — Carriage/telecommunication service offences — fraud CRIME — Money laundering — Dealing with money suspected of being proceeds of crime SENTENCING — Aggravating factors — Financial gain — Record of previous convictions SENTENCING — Mitigating factors — Plea of guilty SENTENCING — Penalties — Imprisonment SENTENCING — Relevant factors on sentence — Co-offenders — Deterrence — Establishing relevant matters — Moral culpability — Objective seriousness — Offence forming part of a course of conduct and representative offences SENTENCING — Subjective considerations on sentence — Drug addiction — Drug addiction — Mental illness — Protective custody Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Criminal Code (Cth) Mental Health Act 2007 Cases Cited: Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 Devaney v The Queen [2012] NSWCCA 226 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v De La Rosa (2010) 79 NSWLR 1 [2010] NSWCCA 194 DPP v Hill & Kamay [2015] VSC 86 Dungay v The Queen [2020] NSWCCA 209 FL v The Queen [2020] NSWCCA 114 Imbornone v R [2017] NSWCCA 14 Khan v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 47 Lloyd v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 18 Mills v The Queen [2017] NSWCCA 87 Nabalarua v The Queen [2020] NSWCCA 68 Prince v The Queen [2020] NSWCCA 268 R v Booth (unreported,3 April 2007, NSWDC, Williams DCJ) R v Columbus [2007] QCA 396 R v Eliadis [2017] ACTSC 193 R v Han (unreported, 29 October 2010, NSWDC, Solomon DCJ) R v McNair-Swinksi (unreported, 12 February 2007, Queensland District Court, Rackemann DCJ) R v Qutami (2001) 127 A Crim R 369 R v Verdins (2007) 16 VR 269 Stevens v The Queen [2009] NSWCCA 26 Totaan v The Queen [2022] NSWCCA 75